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Historical Event on 1/18/1842
Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
| 11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
| 11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
| 5/7/1994 | Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly. |
| 5/21/1927 | Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
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